Quantum's
current work in the area of Test and Evaluation (T&E) support includes the following
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BMDO
TEST AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES:
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Supporting
the MDA Program Director, BM/C2 in defining the Development Test
Program for Battle Management (BM), C2, and Communications by
establishing required development test activities, defining roles
and participants, and developing a schedule of development test
events for each Block Build.
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Establishing
performance criteria for use in the BM, C2, and Communications
test program. These
measures provide the acceptable level of performance for the
specified Block Build capabilities.
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Led
Theater Missile Defense (TMD) Integrated Test Planning for the MDA
Test and Assessment Directorate. Developed the initial MDA
Integrated Test Plan (ITP) that provided the foundation for
MDA’s TMD test program.
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Provided
initial definition of capabilities and uses for
Hardware-in-the-Loop Tests, System Integration Tests, Joint
Service Exercises, Models and Simulations, and Wargames to support
TMD verification. Co-authored the TMD Consolidated Evaluation Plan
(TCEP). Defined and documented all FoS test planning activities
required to assess the integration and interoperability of TMD
systems.
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Supported
development and execution of a National Missile Defense (NMD)
System Evaluation Plan (SEP), which was to be used to provide and
its execution to define and conduct the NMD test and analysis
events in order to provide data for decision-makers to support a
NMD deployment decision.
[MDA]
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SUPPORT
TO U.S. ARMY EVALUATION
CENTER (AEC), ATEC:
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Providing
Systems Analyst, Evaluator, and Integrated Logistics Support (ILS)
T&E technical services for the Combat Support Evaluation
Directorate (CSED) and the ILS Directorate on a number of Joint
and Army Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) programs (e.g.,
the Joint Service Light NBC Reconnaissance System (JSLNBC), Joint
Biological Point Detection System (JBPDS), Joint Service Sensitive
Equipment Decontamination (JSSED), Biological Integrated Detection
System (BIDS), Joint Services Lightweight Standoff Chemical Agent
Detector (JSLCAD), Joint Protective Aircrew Ensemble (JPACE),
Joint Transportable Collective Protection System (JTCOPS), Joint
Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology (JSLIST), JSLIST
Block I Glove Upgrade (JB1GU), Joint Service General Purpose Mask
(JSGPM), Joint Warning and Reporting Network (JWARN), Chemical
Biological Mass Spectrometer (CBMS), Joint Biological Point
Detection System (JBPDS), M8 Smokepot and Joint Service Aircrew
Mask (JSAM)); artillery systems (e.g., Crusader and Excaliber);
and mines and countermine programs (e.g., Rapid Tactical Terrain
Limiter (RATTLER),
Ground and Handheld Standoff Mine Detection Systems (GSTAMIDS and
HSTAMIDS), Mongoose, and Countermine Contingency Sets).
Specific services provided include assistance in
preparation, review and analysis of T&E documentation,
preparation of Accreditation Plans, System Evaluation Plans and
Reports (SEPs/SERs), on-site test support, and data reduction and
analysis support.
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Providing
T&E support on several Non-Lethal (NL) programs, including the
XM95 Muzzle Launched Ordnance (MLO), the tactical M84 and
reloadable practice stun hand grenades, several
shotgun/rifle-launched NL Munitions and the Modular Crowd Control
Munition – Vehicle Mount System.
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Providing
evaluation support on a number of combat support systems, to
include the High Mobility Engineer Excavator (HMEE), High Mobility
Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), Logistic Support Vessel-7
(LSV-7), Remote Area Denial Artillery Munition (RADAM), Family of
Loaders (FOL), Airborne Scraper and Water Distributor System (ASWDS),
Family of Nightsticks and Batons (FNB), Antipersonnel Landmine
Alternatives (APLA), Antipersonnel Obstacle Breaching System (APOBS),
Modular Causeway System (MCS), M915 Truck Tractor,
and other platforms.
[AEC, ATEC]
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| HAWK INSTRUMENTATION TEAM: Collecting and analyzing data on
the performance of HAWK missiles and ground support equipment during
live firings by HAWK units of allied countries (e.g., Bahrain, Japan,
Taiwan, Singapore, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Germany, the
Netherlands) at various ranges in the U.S. and overseas, to include
McGregor Range, NM; Taiwan; United Arab Emirates; and Jordan. [AMCOM]
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| T&E SUPPORT TO PROGRAM MANAGER, MINES, COUNTERMINE, AND DEMOLITIONS
(PM, MCD): Providing technical support
to PM, MCD for the following programs: Ground and Handheld Standoff
Mine Detection Systems (GSTAMIDS and HSTAMIDS), Advanced Hornet, Raptor, and Anti-Personnel Landmine
Alternative (APLA) mine programs. Work includes updating and coordinating GSTAMIDS and HSTAMIDS T&E Master Plans,
Supportability Strategy, planning and coordinating Test Integrated
Process Team Meetings, and general support to the PM in the
T&E, modeling, simulation, and communications areas. Providing
T&E and VV&A support to AMSAA and AEC in support of Advanced
Hornet, Raptor, and APLA programs as directed by PM MCD. Serving as
M&S coordinator for all mine programs.
Providing technical analysis of C3 subsystems. [PM, MCD]
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SUPPORT TO THE NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE (NMD) PROGRAM OFFICE (PO):
Providing support to
the NMD PO primarily in the area of lessons-learned during the THAAD
missile flight test program. [NMD PO]
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TESTING FOR THE LAND WARRIOR
SYSTEM: Provided T&E support to the Product Manager,
Soldier (PM, Soldier) on the Land Warrior system. Developed a strategy to streamline the Land Warrior T&E
effort. Developed a
spiral development approach that integrated night vision, information,
communications, situational awareness, and personal protection
technologies for use in expediting testing, evaluation and fielding of
the Land Warrior suite of equipment. [PM, SOLDIER]
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